Who’s Who In Contemporary Gay And Lesbian History by Robert Aldrich; Garry Wotherspoon

Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Dayprovides a comprehensive modern biographical survey of homosexuality in the Western world. Entries cover the less well-known and cult icons; gay and lesbian activists to homophobics; classical composers to rock musicians; novelists and poets to queer theorists and Nobel Prize winners and Olympic athletes. Among those included are controversial political activists such as Peter Tatchell, pop icon David Bowie, creators of groundbreaking work in literature and the arts such as Jeanette Winterson and intellectuals such as Susan Sontag.